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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F COVER PAGE

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Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 12-31-2016
Check here if Amendment    Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.):    is a restatement.
   adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC
Address: ONE NORTH WACKER DRIVE
CHICAGO, IL  60606
Form 13F File Number: 028-02682

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: MARK F. KEMPER
Title: MANAGING DIRECTOR
Phone: 312-525-7138
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/S/ MARK F. KEMPER CHICAGOIL 02-14-2017
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
   13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.)
   13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
X 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]
Form 13F File Number Name
028-04895 ANALYTIC INVESTORS, LCC
028-10120 AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
028-06609 AVIVA INVESTORS AMERICAS LLC
028-04295 BLACKROCK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
028-12484 BOSTON PARTNERS LLC
028-13826 BROOKFIELD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC.
028-05582 FIRST QUADRANT LP
028-16230 JACKSON SQUARE PARTNERS LLC
028-11937 J.P. MORGAN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.
028-05792 KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC
028-13608 LMCG INVESTMENTS, LLC
028-10229 LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGMENT AND EQUITY RESEARCH, INC.
028-03673 MANULIFE ASSET MANAGEMENT (US) LLC
028-13243 MAR VISTA INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
028-11450 MONDRIAN INVESTMENT PARTNERS LIMITED
028-17085 NEUBERGER BERMAN FIXED INCOME LLC
028-13982 NOMURA CORPORATE RESEARCH AND ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
028-12690 PCJ Investment Counsel LTD
028-80427 Pacific Investment Management Company LLC
028-01549 Principal Global Investors LLC d/b/a/ Macro Currency Group
028-03791 Pzena Investment Management, LLC
028-05655 Riverbridge Partners, LLC
028-11487 River Road Asset Management, LLC
028-15238 Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated (Chautauqua Capital Management, LLC)
028-02682 Rogge Global Partners LTD
028-02682 Sapience Investments LLC
028-05369 Sirios Capital Managment L.P.
028-04303 Standish Mellon Asset Management Company, LLC
028-06065 Standard Life Investments (Corporate Funds) Limited
028-05015 Systematic Financial Management, L.P.
028-14622 Timpani Capital Management LLC
028-04413 Wells Capital Management Inc.
028-17022 William Blair & Company L.L.C.
Form 13F Summary Page
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 5
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 10,397
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 89,160,892
(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state “NONE” and omit the column headings and list entries.]
No. Form 13F File Number Name
1 028-16612 UBS GROUP AG
2 028-3900 UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT TRUST COMPANY
7 028-10396 UBS AG/UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT
8 028-05673 UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT (UK) LTD
9 028-05961 UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT LIFE LTD